Wabash College Top Questions

That they are antisocial because this is an all male institution.

Being an all-male school, there are all the stereotypes from outsiders that one might assume. Students who decide to come to Wabash often have to endure jokes from high school friends which question their sexuality, or at least their sanity. The other common stereotypes are that the students are all wealthy or drink too much.

From what I've experienced, some people see us as preps and yet others think we're slobs. A few outsiders will think us strange because we're all-male. Another common perception is that we're all rich or the sons of parents with money.

The stereotypes that are common are that Wabash and its culture produces men who are "brutish cavemen" and "sexists." But a more positive one is that we have a very good reputation for being a quality academic school.

That they are beer guzzling cavemen with no manners.

Some of the stereotypes about Wabash and Wabash men lie largely in the fact that Wabash is a school for "meat-head sexists" as Wabash is one of a hand full of all male colleges.

Wabash students are all gay. There are never any women on campus. All Wabash students are from Indiana. A liberal arts education is pointless because you don't specialize in a specific field or industry of work. It is hard to get a job out of Wabash because of the fact that you don't specialize. Wabash students drink a lot.

Drunk, sexist, smart guys.

The bad:male chauvinist pigs; extremely conservative; predatory towards women. The good: gentlemen; broadly educated/well rounded; hard workers.

1) We're womanizing Chauvinists 2) We're arrogant frat boys 3) We're heavy-drinking, heavy-hazing guys 4) We study hard Sunday-Thursday and party harder Friday & Saturday 5) We're so rooted in Wabash that we're 20 or 30 years behind acceptable society 6) We believe that tough love makes a man and that the outer world is a society of men raised by women.